PM assures public of safety

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Thai security agencies can combat terror

Published: 16 Jan 2012 at 00.00
Newspaper section: News

CHIANG MAI : Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra yesterday insisted Thailand's anti-terrorism mechanisms are functioning around the clock to ensure public security.

Police from the Metropolitan Police Division 1 check the backpacks of foreign backpackers on Khao San Road amid terrorism warnings in Bangkok issued by foreign embassies in Thailand. PATIPAT JANTHONG

She made her assurances after the US embassy issued a warning to its citizens in Thailand over possible terrorist attacks which prompted more than 10 other nations to issue similar security warnings in its wake.

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koolbreez
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Discussion 5 : 16 Jan 2012 at 08.145
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That's it on Khao San Road, search the Israeli, and blond American kids because thats what the militants would descieze themselves as to carry out their plot.

It is also good to protect the secret cabinet meeting because the terrorists might now be mad at them, and target the meeting.

Meanwhile in the South the amateur terrorists kill 3 more people with a bomb. Yes Thailand can protect the tourists from professional militant terrorist bombers if they attack.

I will believe it is safe when the US embassy lifts the warning, not the Thai government. They have shown where their interests lay, and it is not in protecting lives.
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Michael Bukit
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Discussion 4 : 16 Jan 2012 at 07.194
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Every now and then you read about bombing in the 3 southern provinces and have been going on for decades now. With so many polices and soldiers station down there, they still can’t stop them. They can’t even stop these local separatists and trying to stop international terrorists is not an easy task for them.
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Discussion 3 : 16 Jan 2012 at 06.343
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Thailand will handle this situation well, the security here is better than in most other countries, but no country can be 100% safe unfortunately.
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Discussion 2 : 16 Jan 2012 at 05.362
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How can Hussein be deported when he admitted planing murder? Does anyone understand the thought process
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Discussion 1 : 16 Jan 2012 at 04.391
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The US government made a warning, right or wrong, before a bomb went off. The Thai government would prefer to wait till after the bomb goes off. Remember the warning, or lack of, for the 2004 tsunami?
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